Earthquake last night.

[Raekwon]

I was just reading about a small earthquake we had last night near Red Deer. Anyone feel it?

https://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.c...3/index-en.php

[CroFlames]

I heard they felt in in Edmonton. I live in south Calgary and didn't hear/feel nothing.

I've felt earthquakes when I lived in the US. Kinda scary.

[Ozy_Flame]

I live in Edmonton, I felt nothing, although I wasn't paying attention. I've been in an earthquake in Asia before, and its a really weird sensation. Had to brace in a doorframe, and you feel absolutely helpless.

[Calgary14]

I didn't hear anything last night (south Calgary) but yeah I felt quite a few when I was in Japan and they are weird. It's like everything is moving for no reason and you can't stop it

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Calgary14

I didn't hear anything last night (south Calgary) but yeah I felt quite a few when I was in Japan and they are weird. It's like everything is moving for no reason and you can't stop it

I used to call that "Thursday night at The Den."

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

I live in Edmonton, I felt nothing.

You could have left it at that Ozy, and everyone would have understood. The malaise of living in such a dreary hell hole of an existence (Edmonton) is certain to dull your feelings and make you obvious to anything but the most intense stimuli - like a nuclear explosion. How could you possibly feel a minor earth tremor when you have the sheer weight of living in Edmonton on your shoulders?

[Ozy_Flame]

I dunno, the farmers markets are good here, the odd UFO in the sky

[undercoverbrother]

Rotten Monkey House to be exact.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8285695/r...se-earthquake/

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake was felt near Rocky Mountain House, Alta., on Wednesday evening.


According to Earthquakes Canada, it hit just before 9:30 p.m.

The quake was 37 kilometres northwest of Rocky Mountain House and 10 kilometres deep.

There ain't much out there to be honest.

[Lubicon]

Fraccing? Or perhaps this is close enough to the disturbed zone that was a natural quake.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Fraccing? Or perhaps this is close enough to the disturbed zone that was a natural quake.

No, not fracking. 10km is way to deep for that.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

No, not fracking. 10km is way to deep for that.

Didn't notice that, and that does rule out fraccing.

[Raekwon]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

No, not fracking. 10km is way to deep for that.

Good to know, fracking came to mind also as oil prices going up I assume production started ramping up but did not know about the depth.

[Weitz]

Got a rig working real close to the epicenter that didn't feel it. Earthquakes are weird.

[FlamesAddiction]

I've felt a couple before. One in the Vancouver area around 2001 that actually did some minor damage and the other one in Prince Rupert around 2008. It's a pretty menacing feeling.

The Vancouver one was weird because I was one the computer at home and the power went out probably 5-10 seconds before I could feel it. It almost felt more like being on a boat with rolling waves and rocking around. The Prince Rupert one was different. It was more like horizontal shaking back and forth in really quick motions.

[Ozy_Flame]

Isn't Vancouver due for a big one at any moment? Seems like a major quake is overdue.

Seismologist warns B.C.'s calm earthquake period adding to tectonic pressures toward Big One

I hope buildings are up to code and emergency services are ready to go for when/if this happens.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Isn't Vancouver due for a big one at any moment? Seems like a major quake is overdue.

Seismologist warns B.C.'s calm earthquake period adding to tectonic pressures toward Big One

I hope buildings are up to code and emergency services are ready to go for when/if this happens.

If?

There is no if.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Yo mamma so fat, she fell out of bed and it registered a 4.1 magnitude earthquake.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Isn't Vancouver due for a big one at any moment? Seems like a major quake is overdue.

Seismologist warns B.C.'s calm earthquake period adding to tectonic pressures toward Big One

I hope buildings are up to code and emergency services are ready to go for when/if this happens.

I've read before that some geologists say there is a 30% chance that a catastrophic one will happen in the next 50 years, but almost certainly within the next 100 years. It could be tomorrow though, when trying to calculate things on a geologic timeline, a few decades is trying to be unreasonably precise. I work in emergency response and emergency management in BC, and I know there has been more emphasis lately put on earthquake preparedness.

The last "big one" hit about 270 years ago, and they tend to hit with regular intervals every 250-350 years. There is evidence of a tsunami going as far inland as Pitt Meadows. It followed topography though, so obviously not everywhere between there and the ocean was submerged.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Yo mamma so fat, she fell out of bed and it registered a 4.1 magnitude earthquake.

Yeah my mom was in Rocky Mtn House and fell off her ladder last night. Sorry about that guys!

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Got a rig working real close to the epicenter that didn't feel it. Earthquakes are weird.

You're weird for thinking it's weird.

Years ago I was wireline logging a well up near FSJ. Our first run was flawless, picked up the 2nd tool, ran in the hole and hit a bridge. That's not unusual but the rig couldn't ream through it and had to ream the entire hole all the way to bottom, about a thousand metres. Turns out there was an small earthquake right in between tool runs and it apparently shifted the lower formations enough that the well had to essentially be redrilled.